Duncan Currie | |
Fullname: | Duncan Currie[1] |
Birth Date: | 13 August 1892 |
Birth Place: | Kilwinning, Scotland |
Death Place: | near Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France |
Position: | Full back |
Years1: | –1912 |
Clubs1: | Kilwinning Rangers |
Years2: | 1912–1915 |
Clubs2: | Heart of Midlothian |
Caps2: | 45 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Duncan Currie (13 August 1892 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian.
Currie's brothers Bob and Sam also became footballers.[2] Currie served as a sergeant in McCrae's Battalion of the Royal Scots during the First World War and was killed leading his platoon on the first day of the Somme.[3] During an assault on La Boisselle, he was shot in the right shoulder in no-man's land and died instantly.[4] [5] Currie is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Heart of Midlothian | 1912–13[6] | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[7] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
1913–14 | Scottish First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[8] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
1914–15 | Scottish First Division | 35 | 0 | — | 3[9] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
1915–16 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
Heart of Midlothian